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(No Model?) G. WI LEB. RUNNINGGEAR, POR VEHIGLES.

. PatentedfApr. 17, 418.8.8. Y

' UNITED ST/,Ares

`GEORGE wt LEE, or

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H. BANKER, or SAME PLAcE. Y, y

RUNNINGGEAR FORVEHICl-ES-g f Ysesc'IFIc'L/x'rro'rr forming para of Letters Patent Ne. 381,146, ,aerea Aprn 1'7, 1898,.

Application mea september o, 151,57. serial No. y249,272. (No model.) J

To all whom it may concern.

, Beit known that I, GEORGE W. LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wooster, in the county of Wayne, State of Ohio, have 5 invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Running-Gear, of which the following isla specification, referencek being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings. i 4

The object of this invention is to provide a recombined platform-spring and running-gear for vehicles, and so arrange and combine the same as to produce a simple efficient spring that is light and durable, that will per'mitof low body-hanging, short turning, and which x5 will obviate all side swinging and end pitching. Y f y Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter'appear, andthe novel features of the same will be: particularly pointed out in the'claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is aiper'- spective of a combined spring and running gear constructedin conformity withV niy invention. Fig.` 2 is aside elevation ofthe same,

and Fig. 3 is a plan. ,Y l

lSimilar'letters of referenceindicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings. t Y

A and B represent the front and rear axles, respectively, and upon the former isfmounted in the usual manner the head-bar A', projecting from the rear of which at itscenter is a clip-yoke, A2.

In carrying 'out myinvention `I'form the reach and spring integrally and ofV steel rodsf B represents the front reach, the same consisting of two preferably round steel rods arranged parallel and in the same plane with eachother, and having their front `portions vvattened to form springs B' and pi'votally connected tothe yoke A", as at B2. B extend rearwardly about th ree-fourths their length, where they diverge abruptly in opposite directions, as at B, a short distance, and

then again rearwardly, and flattened near their ends to form rear springs, B, the ends thereof being connected to the rear axle by clips B5.

yTherear reach and frontspringsaresomewhat similarly constructed, and consist of the two convergent reach-arms O, extending forwardly 5o and iattened to form springs C', and connected These rods` tothe rear axle by clips C, vsaid reaches beingAV connected by a clip, O3, and diverging at their front in opposite directions to forni arms O4,

and then projected forwardlyand attened to y form frontl springs, O5, and connected -to the 554 f head-bar, as C. At-"the point lwhere thel front reach-rods, B, diverge to form the rear springs a clip, B6, is-` provided, whereby'the two 'rods are held. in position. Body connecting and supporting clips D are lprovided at the four l6o i' outer .angles formed bythe arms ,Baf C, at whichpoints -thefbody E of the vehicle is sup` ported. By this arrangement it will be seen c eedingly'resilient in a vertical direction, al- ;lowno lateral or end pitching whatever.

vAs shown in Fig. 2, Ibyp'ivoting` the front' 7o reach to the depending clip-yokea2 andgiv'- ing theV reach a gradualupward curve the spring lB4 is' brought to the proper positionfory g f supporting the vehicle. So, also, with the rear reach and front spring; therear reach, be'- 75 ing ypivoted to the under side of the rearaxle,

4is gradually curved upwardly, crossing the companion reach and spring at about the mi-d- L" dle-of the gear, bringing the spring C5 inthe same plane with the spring B4. By this con- 8o struction each reach not'only acts as `a brace,

rigidly connecting both axles, but alsc'fas a sensitive and easy spring, f y Having described my invention, what I claim 1.*.In combination with the" front and rear axles of a vehicle, two combined reaches and springs, each comprising two rods connected vat their ends to the axles land bolster, respectv ively, and bent to form supportingarmsrcon- 9o nected vto kthe body of t-he vehicle, and having their ends flattened toform springs, substanl tially as specified.

2. The combination, with the axles A and B, the former having the head-bar A', ofthe front reach, B, connected by the clipA2 to said head-bar and extending rearwardly and con -nected by the clip B, thence l.extending rearwardly to form the arms B3,iiattened as at B4,

.and connected tothe rear axle, as at B5, and rco" .t

of the reach C, flattened as at C', and conand connected as at B2, B5, B, C?, C, and C, lo nected, as at G2, to the rear axle, and connected, substantially as specified. V as at C3, and diverging to form the arms C, In testimony whereof Iax my signature in and attened, as at C5, toform springs, and presence of two witnesses.

5 connected, as atG, to the headhnr, substantially as specied. GEORGE W' LEE 3.' The combination, with the body E and Witnesses: the axles A and B, of the reaches B and C, C. C. ADAMS,

having the arms C* B3, and the springs BC, W. H. BANKER. 

